Warm and Cool Colours Worksheet
Artist's tip (Fire or ice?): Warm: red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow. Cool: blue, blue-green, green, blue-purple, purple. Hot or fiery subjects (campfire, sunset, lava) → warm colours; cold, wet or shady subjects (sea, glacier, rainy night) → cool colours.
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- 1.🖌️ Would you paint hot lava mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) cool colours (b) warm colours
- 2.🌡️ Which half of the colour wheel is the warm half? (a) red to yellow (b) blue to green (c) green to purple
- 3.Which of these is a cool colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red-orange
- 4.🌡️ In a picture, which colours seem to come forward, closer to you? (a) cool colours (b) warm colours
- 5.🌡️ Is green a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 6.🖌️ Would you paint a flaming torch mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 7.🌡️ Cool colours make us think of… (a) fire and sunshine (b) flames (c) hot sand (d) water, ice and sky
- 8.Which of these is a cool colour? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
- 9.True or false: blue-purple is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 10.Which of these is usually painted in cool colours? (a) the hot desert sun (b) autumn leaves (c) a sunset sky (d) a calm lake
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
- 12.🌡️ Warm colours make us think of… (a) shade and rain (b) fire and sunshine (c) snow and night (d) ice and water
- 13.🌡️ Is yellow a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 14.True or false: red is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a deep blue sea (b) an icy glacier (c) the hot desert sun (d) a snowy mountain
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a campfire (b) autumn leaves (c) a rainy night (d) a flaming torch
- 17.Which of these is a cool colour? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a deep blue sea (b) a flaming torch (c) a shady forest (d) a calm lake
- 19.🌡️ Is orange a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 20.🌡️ Is blue a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 21.True or false: yellow-orange is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🖌️ Would you paint an icy glacier mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue-purple
- 24.True or false: a sunset sky is usually painted in warm colours. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sunset sky (b) autumn leaves (c) a campfire (d) a calm lake
- 26.Which of these is a warm colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
- 28.True or false: purple is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🖌️ Would you paint autumn leaves mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) cool colours (b) warm colours
- 30.Which of these is a warm colour? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) blue-green (d) green
- 32.🖌️ Would you paint a shady forest mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 33.🌡️ Is red a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 34.Which of these is usually painted in cool colours? (a) an icy glacier (b) autumn leaves (c) a campfire (d) the hot desert sun
- 35.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) a deep blue sea (b) hot lava (c) a snowy mountain (d) a calm lake
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow-orange
- 37.True or false: blue-purple is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these is usually painted in cool colours? (a) a campfire (b) the hot desert sun (c) a shady forest (d) hot lava
- 39.True or false: a campfire is usually painted in cool colours. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🖌️ Would you paint a rainy night mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
Answer key
- warm colours
- red to yellow
- purple
- warm colours
- cool colour
- warm colours
- water, ice and sky
- blue
- True
- a calm lake
- yellow-orange
- fire and sunshine
- warm colour
- True
- the hot desert sun
- a rainy night
- blue-purple
- a flaming torch
- warm colour
- cool colour
- False
- cool colours
- red-orange
- True
- a calm lake
- red-orange
- purple
- True
- warm colours
- yellow-orange
- red
- cool colours
- warm colour
- an icy glacier
- hot lava
- blue
- False
- a shady forest
- False
- cool colours
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